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Department of Biology

University of Leicester

Adrian Building
University Road
Leicester
LE1 7RH
United Kingdom

Tel: +44 (0) 116 252 3344
Fax: +44 (0) 116 252 3330

Email: biology@le.ac.uk

Head of Department:

Dr Iain Barber

 

Research Seminars

The Department of Biology presents a full seminar programme each academic year. This consists of presentations by visiting scientists in addition to staff and postgraduate students within the department. Details of some external speakers and seminar titles will be circulated nearer the time.

Seminar Programme 2011/2012

Venue - Adrian Building LG26  Time - Wednesdays 4.00 - 5.00pm

Ugur Sari
Date Name Title
9th November Alistair Haslam Identification of factors involved in the regulation of chloroplast protein import
Emma Tebbs

 Satellite observations for monitoring ecological indicators in alkaline-saline lakes

16th November No seminar
23rd November Paul Gunderson Functional recovery of an aimed limb movement in the locust
Farah Badakshi Evolution of polyploid crop species
30th November Ugur Sari Conservation of DUO1 in Basal Angiosperms and Pollen cytology of magnolia species
Raphael Trösch The protein import machinery of chloroplasts: using genetics to identify novel components of the TOC/TIC machinery
7th December Mihai Gherghinoiu Cell fate determination during male gametogenesis in Arabidopsis thaliana
Natalie Simmonds Environmental effects on host-parasite interactions in the stickleback-Schistocephalus model system
14th December Nauf Alsayaid The origin and diversity of saffron (Crocus sativus)
Victoria Robinson 24 hour feeding behaviour of the lesser flamingo (Phoeniconaias minor)